The Truth About Live Nation/Ticketmaster's Power - TankTheTech

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Scamming and stealing from our Troops

"USA Discounters files lawsuits against service members based anywhere in the world, no matter how much inconvenience or expense they would incur to attend a Virginia court date. Since 2006, the company has filed more than 13,470 suits and almost always wins,"

I once fell into this same trap.  I was young, married and my wife and I had recently had a child.  A $350.00 washing machine wound up costing me over $2100.00 once everything was said and done.

Even with special laws aimed at protecting our servicemen and servicewomen and their families, there are always some companies that will use any loophole they can find to take advantage of them.

And our young troops and their families pay the price.

Do you pay just to get paid?

"A growing number of American workers are confronting a frustrating predicament on payday: to get their wages, they must first pay a fee.

For these largely hourly workers, paper paychecks and even direct deposit have been replaced by prepaid cards issued by their employers. Employees can use these cards, which work like debit cards, at an A.T.M. to withdraw their pay. "

My daughter originally had direct deposit, however her bank was charging her $2.50 per transaction.  EVERY Transaction.  Her pay was Direct Deposited, that is a transaction.  Checked her balance online?  That is a transaction.  She deposited a check from a family member drawn on the same account?  That was a transaction.

When she wound up owing the bank over $200.00 in transaction fees in 1 month, she said "That;s IT!"

She now uses a NetSpend card, and while there is a fee when her pay is put on it, at her job there is no transaction fee.  Nor is there a transaction fee at certain ATM's.  However she and I checked out several different cards before she chose the ones she uses.

And that is the problem with what I linked to in that article.  Many of those people caught in that trap are not given the opportunity to choose for themselves whether or not they want to use those cards.  Their employers do.  And if their employers get a kick back for using those cards, that is wrong.  And something should be done about it.  However, it should NOT be at the Federal level.  It should be done at the State level. 

The .GOV is already too big and interferes too much in our daily lives and financial footprint.

So the States need to make it so the employers are required to offer their employees the best deal.

Businesses hit with ANOTHER ObamaCare Hidden Fee

"Employers are bracing for a little-noticed fee in the federal health-care law that will charge them $63 for each person they insure next year, one of the clearest cost increases companies face when the law takes full effect.

Companies and other plan providers will together pay $25 billion over three years to create a fund for insurance companies to offset the cost of covering people with high medical bills."

SO companies are going to have to pay to insure their employees above and beyond the atucal cost, PLUS they are having to pay into a program for people who are NOT their employees.

What a Scam.......